Description

ST 56 NW FLAX BOURTON STATION ROAD (south-east side)

7/88 Mill Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse and mill house. Probably late mediaeval; remodelled late C16/early
C17 and C19. Rubble; pantile roof; rubble stacks. 2 storeys. 5 bays with
2- and 3-light C19 and C20 casement windows. Off-centre gabled, projecting wing
of 2 storeys. Plank door to right in single storey, C20 lean to. Projecting
rear stair tower. Interior. Kitchen: fireplace with chamfered lintel.
Parlour: stop-chamfered beams; large ashlar fire surround with double ogee
moulded left jamb, chamfered lintel and coved and moulded mantelshelf. Winder
stair; the door at the foot of the stairs has a chamfered surround with a
4-centred head. A similar doorway enters the first floor room of the projecting
wing; ashlar fire surround, chamfered with a 4-centred head; the rear of the
fireplace retains 2 fragments of black painted decoration as three, veined leaves
bunched together. Roof: over the parlour chamber is a collar-beam truss, with
evidence of removed arch-braces.

Listing NGR: ST5115369896

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26422916

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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